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- Comment on [Episode] Medalist Season 2 • Medalist 2nd Season - Episode 5 discussion 6 hours ago:
I always love watching Tsukasa get bullied by the other coaches! I can’t believe he did a backflip with no helmet just because he was told to, lol.
Also, does it still count as a back-handed compliment if they explicitly say “this isn’t meant to be praise btw”?
- Comment on Vote Now for the 2025 Fediverse Anime Awards! 2 days ago:
Wouldn’t that be like handing them a trophy for having the most average taste?
- Comment on What are some of the weirdest/most niche genres (in your opinion) that you enjoyed watching? 3 days ago:
more something where you can imagine the creators pointing at their work and saying “Look! This part of the world exists too! Isn’t that neat?” with stars in their eyes
I absolutely get this feeling whenever we start learning random Ainu facts in Golden Kamuy.
- Comment on What are some of the weirdest/most niche genres (in your opinion) that you enjoyed watching? 4 days ago:
I’ve heard of Food Wars, but never Chuuka Ichiban!. I’ll have to look it up sometime. Thanks!
- Comment on What are some of the weirdest/most niche genres (in your opinion) that you enjoyed watching? 4 days ago:
Does non-combat battle anime count? In Yakitate!! Japan the characters participate in tournaments to see who can make the best bread. It feels very much like a battle shounen at times. In Kaguya-sama: Love is War two tsundere who’ve fallen for each other try to use dumb tactics to force the other person to be the first to admit it (though the show is a lot more than just that).
- Comment on What's the best horror anime you've watched 5 days ago:
Very rare for horror stuff to look that good in an anime.
- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 08] 5 days ago:
The Elusive Samurai ended today. I liked the ending. It felt very fitting given how the rest of the story went.
- Comment on What's the best horror anime you've watched 5 days ago:
I don’t watch a lot of horror, but The Summer Hikaru Died wins easily for me.
- Comment on [Episode] Medalist Season 2 • Medalist 2nd Season - Episode 4 discussion 6 days ago:
Still, a flawless run is impressive.
It’s not just that - saving the most difficult jump combo for last is a huge flex. Putting it in the 2nd half is already a bold move that scores a few extra points. As far as I know there’s no merit to putting it last beyond showing off.
- Comment on But but... steel is heavier than feathers... 1 week ago:
Also it would be super annoying to actually pick up 100kg of feathers. Just think of how big that would be!
- Comment on [Clip] "Would you rather lie around, or would you rather feel something?" (Mind Game) 1 week ago:
An excerpt from Mind Game, perhaps the strangest anime I’ve ever seen. It’s worth the watch.
- Comment on Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 Officially Hit With a Major Delay 1 week ago:
I don’t think you missed anything; I think the arcs just feel weirdly disconnected. The manga was like that too.
- Comment on [Clip] "Would you rather lie around, or would you rather feel something?" (Mind Game) 1 week ago:
This definitely has a prominent place among the weirdest movies I’ve ever seen.
- Comment on she also happens to be best girl 1 week ago:
Sometimes for light novels they’re even longer in Japanese but get shortened for the western release - though I have no idea whether that ever happens for VNs. It certainly isn’t the case here; it appears to be a pretty literal translation of the original title.
- Comment on she also happens to be best girl 1 week ago:
Nice of them to let us know exactly what we’re getting into from the start.
- Comment on Peak This Season 1 week ago:
If it makes it any more appealing to you, it’s just as much about the coach as it is about the child. Also, her goal is to compete in the Olympics. That presumably means she’ll be at least a little bit older by the time the series ends.
- Comment on Peak This Season 1 week ago:
Journal With Witch is absolutely incredible, and Frieren is pretty good too. Someone else mentioned You and I Are Polar Opposites, and I pretty much agree with what they had to say about it. Another favorite of mine right now is the second season of Medalist.
Medalist is a story about a girl who wants to become a figure skater, but in the figure skating world someone who hasn’t started yet at 11 years old is basically a washed up old lady. She runs into a coach who also started late, and then they have an incredible sports anime together. The manga is marvelous. The first season of the anime adaptation was good. The second season seems to have fixed some of the minor animation issues the first season had, and so far I’m enjoying it just as much as I enjoyed the source material. It’s really fun.
Overall this season is nuts. It’s a good time to be an anime fan!
- Comment on [Episode] Journal with Witch • Ikoku Nikki - Episode 6 discussion 1 week ago:
That movie you linked sounds weird af.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread - Nominations Edition [2026, Week 07] 1 week ago:
a surprising development with Makio and Shingo that likely won’t renew their romance but at least should take down some of their walls
I don’t know about that. Makio seems hesitant to get together with Shingo because she probably doesn’t see herself as someone who can coexist well with another person. But she’s coexisting with Asa. Maybe by doing so she’ll learn more about herself and how she can deal with constantly being around others. Shingo seems like an incredibly understanding person who would absolutely respect any requests she made to accommodate her. Even just living in a bigger place where Makio has the space to be alone could be the difference it takes, and I think he’d be willing to extend himself financially to try it. That might terrify Makio, but lots of things terrify Makio. Could make for some good drama much further down the line.
- Comment on Manga Best-Of 2025 and General Discussion Thread [2026, Week 07] 1 week ago:
This week I finished reading Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku. It was incredible. I don’t think I’ve laughed that much from any other manga except Kaguya-sama: Love is War - and even then it’s a tie.
I also borrowed a friend’s The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity collection. I enjoyed it, but not quite as much. Maybe it’s that the people all feel a little too idealized? I dunno. None of the characters seem to have any real flaws, and it feels like every time there’s even a hint of something bad or stressful in any way happening it immediately gets resolved. There’s no tension. All the same, I did enjoy it. Unfortunately the aforementioned friend only has the first 8 volumes so I’ll have to read the rest later.
Anyways now that I’ve finished those I’ll be reading Mobile Fighter G Gundam Re:Master Edition next. Unfortunately I only have the first volume, so after that I’ll probably be getting started on Laid-Back Camp; I picked up a set while I was in Japan and it’s just waiting to be read.
- Comment on [Episode] Medalist Season 2 • Medalist 2nd Season - Episode 3 discussion 2 weeks ago:
I think the weakest part of season 1’s animation was probably the spins, and it’s clear from this episode that they’ve vastly improved them. Really enjoying this.
- Comment on [Episode] Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 • Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season - Episode 4 discussion 2 weeks ago:
It’s easy to say that from an audience’s perspective, but it’s possible that either:
- The mangaka was out of ideas for how to use him right away
- The mangaka is saving him for a later arc
Anyways, if he were here I think he’d have Stark And Fern in a stable relationship by the end of the season. Can’t have that! Either way, they could always run into him later.
- Comment on [Chapter] The Eminence in Shadow - Ch. 79.1 2 weeks ago:
Cool, thanks for refreshing my memory; I’d completely forgotten that Beta did that!
- Comment on [Chapter] The Eminence in Shadow - Ch. 79.1 2 weeks ago:
This was unexpected. Didn’t Shadow return to this world ages ago? I read it over a year back so I can’t remember it well. Is this a flashback?
- Comment on [Episode] Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 • Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season - Episode 4 discussion 2 weeks ago:
His legs only gave up because he was afraid to catch a stray from Frieren 😅
She really had to do that from the most difficult angle imaginable while Fern had a clear shot of its legs. What a showoff.
- Comment on Opening Up Nominations for the 2025 Fediverse Anime Awards 2 weeks ago:
!nominate
- Comment on Opening Up Nominations for the 2025 Fediverse Anime Awards 2 weeks ago:
I couldn’t decide which of GQuuuuuux’s amazing insert songs deserved the nomination, so in the end I had to nominate it for best soundtrack instead. It’s actually crazy just how many of them there were.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
I’ll give another perspective then: If you’ve already seen another decent battle shounen you’ve already seen Demon Slayer. Sure Demon Slayer is mostly well-executed, but it’s far from perfect and nothing it does is really unique. You’re really not missing all that much.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Ghost in the Shell - A staple of cyberpunk literature. Stands up there with Blade Runner. See also: Psychopass, Cyberpunk Edgerunners.
Probably should be more specific about whether you mean the movies, the existing TV shows, or the TV show that’ll be airing later this year. Honestly any of those three options are probably good, but my recommendation would go to Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex. I’m open to having my mind changed by Science Saru though!
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
It’s a battle shounen and if that’s not your cup of tea then they’re all equally worthless
I wouldn’t go quite that far. Dan Da Dan is also a battle shounen, but it has other elements that made it worth watching even for my wife and I (even though we were kind of tired of battle shounen).